page_title: Loincloth
section_title: Breechcloth
hierarchical_section_title: Loincloth / Breechcloth
caption_attribution_description: English: James Mooney notes and drawings on Cheyenne and Kiowa heraldry, 1902-1906.
context_page_description: A loincloth is a one-piece garment, sometimes kept in place by a belt. It covers the genitals and, at least partially, the buttocks.
context_section_description: A breechcloth, or breechclout, is a form of loincloth consisting in a strip of material – usually a narrow rectangle – passed between the thighs and held up in front and behind by a belt or string. Often, the flaps hang down in front and back.
caption: "Native Cheyenne riding Horse in loincloth," James Mooney notes and drawings on Cheyenne and Kiowa heraldry, 1902–1906.
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